Word: coppers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have nothing in common except that they are big, unguarded - and made of bronze. Vernon Rapley, head of Scotland Yard's Arts and Antiques Unit, fears the worst. "They've either been rapidly exported or melted down" - a thought Rapley finds "quite repugnant." But the market price for raw copper has leapt 170% since 2003 to more than $4,800 a ton, driven by demand from countries like China and India. And with scrap prices also on a high, police in the U.S., Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and elsewhere are seeing a surge in thefts of items like copper cable...
...posts in her cabinet-she'll be concerned about preserving the continuity of the country's impressive economic performance. Chile's economy grew 6.3% in 2005, and this year the growth forecast is between 5.25 and 6.25%, fueled mostly by record prices for the country's largest export, copper. Inflation, public debt and unemployment are low, and foreign trade continues to grow, boosted by free-trade agreements with the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the European Union, South Korea and others; new trade pacts are being negotiated with China and India. Infrastructure has been significantly upgraded, crime is down and college enrollment...
...patrol, Miller actually believes in that old Olympic canard that it's playing the game that counts. "Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say it is not all about winning," he told TIME during pre-Olympic training at Colorado's Copper Mountain. The important thing to him is to try to ski well - to improve, to reach his own goals - and most important, to have a good time. (Watch an interview with Bode Miller...
...gold-plated archway for the temple at Guruvayur, a silver crown for the god Kubera at Badrinath, and gold and silver ornamentation for numerous other temples. All through India, Padmanaban says, famous temples are replacing the silver plating on their idols with gold, and smaller shrines are replacing copper deities with silver ones. "People in India have more money now," Padmanaban says, "and the result is that our temples are being covered in gold and silver...
...question now is whether Beijing will step up and cover Liu's losses by providing the huge amounts of copper he borrowed, due by Dec. 21. Early last week, the Chinese government insisted it had sufficient copper reserves to cover the amount owed. But by week's end, according to some traders, it appeared that China was dumping copper reserves in an effort to drive the price down?a move few in the copper market believe will succeed. Indeed, last Friday copper prices rose to a new record level. Traders and commodity industry attorneys say they would be stunned...